Cherry Bomb by John Cougar Mellencamp
When I heard this song this morning, I honestly stopped and said "Wow, I haven't heard this song in a long time." I did. I really did. This song came out in 87, and the album was following up a strong string of hit albums.
I remember when he first came out as Johnnie Cougar, then John Cougar, then John Cougar Mellencamp and now John Mellencamp. And I even sorta remember when it was JC Mellencamp and apparently it's cool to refer to him as just JCM. So there you have it.
I used to have the album (actually the tape) of this album and I can say that Cherry Bomb, while naturally a single, wasn't even close to my favorite song. I liked Paper and Fire and Real Life a lot better. He did some things on Cherry Bomb and the rest of the album that moved him from just a pop singer to this bluesy/folksy thang that he started on Scarecrow (the album that was before this one.) He's got a girl that sings with him on this album (later found out to be Crystal Taliefero according to my Googling) that worked very well with his voice.
A good example of somebody trying to do something different in the 80's. It wasn't the technopop stuff and the grunge raw sound was a couple of years away.
When I heard this song this morning, I honestly stopped and said "Wow, I haven't heard this song in a long time." I did. I really did. This song came out in 87, and the album was following up a strong string of hit albums.
I remember when he first came out as Johnnie Cougar, then John Cougar, then John Cougar Mellencamp and now John Mellencamp. And I even sorta remember when it was JC Mellencamp and apparently it's cool to refer to him as just JCM. So there you have it.
I used to have the album (actually the tape) of this album and I can say that Cherry Bomb, while naturally a single, wasn't even close to my favorite song. I liked Paper and Fire and Real Life a lot better. He did some things on Cherry Bomb and the rest of the album that moved him from just a pop singer to this bluesy/folksy thang that he started on Scarecrow (the album that was before this one.) He's got a girl that sings with him on this album (later found out to be Crystal Taliefero according to my Googling) that worked very well with his voice.
A good example of somebody trying to do something different in the 80's. It wasn't the technopop stuff and the grunge raw sound was a couple of years away.